Here are three superficial TEFL course standards. 

1. Accreditation

How is accreditation superficial?

Well, you may assume that accreditation is a marker of quality, but why is that? Is it because it has been vetted by a 3rd party and deemed sufficiant? Probably, but what do you know about that accrediting party?

Probably nothing.

Seriously what do you know about that accreditation agency? Do you know anymore about them than you do the TEFL course provider? 

If you are starting to catch my driff accreditation goes on behind the scenes. Is accreditation more valuable to you than a review? Or is it the same? They are kinda similar in a way, but accreditation costs money.

How do you feel about paid reviews? Well, accreditation is a paid review hopefully done by someone who knows something.

Here are some facts about accreditation.

It’s the wee hours of a Saturday morning, and I’m already regretting letting that last cup of coffee in the evening get the best of me — it’s so hard to resist a hot cup of something after dark when it’s this cold, but tea just feels so anemic, unless I go to great lengths to turn it into a latte-type thing that’s really just a counterfeit version of what I really want — a fucking cup of coffee.

When learning a new language, even if you aren’t attempting to reach full fluency, there are pieces of vocabulary that absolutely should be learned. The word ‘where’ is one such word. Learning how to say ‘where’ in Korean will open so many doors to more vocabulary.

Today’s lesson will focus on how to say ‘where’ in Korean. Not only will it be explained to you briefly, you will be shown a lot of examples of the word in use. It is an easy word to learn and to remember, but also so important. Now, where shall we start?

Often when the general public discusses Korean popular culture, and the Hallyu Wave that rose from it, they are usually talking about K-pop front, right, and center. But did you know that, long before K-pop was popular among listeners and fans outside of Korea, it was Korean dramas that were breaking bank abroad? Among these Korean dramas was, most notably, Winter Sonata. This drama was a massive hit among the generation before us.

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What do you think? Do you need to be in Korea to learn Korean? How about to a fluent level?

I debated this together with Sean Pablo, a fellow YouTuber from California. I took the side of saying that it's not necessary (for the purpose of having a debate), and Sean took the side of saying that it is necessary. We talked about the pros of living in Korea, and also why it might not be necessary (or is it?). Check it out~!

Nothing's Really Real is a podcast based out of Busan, South Korea.

(Episode 42) Babopalooza was a sketch comedy show held on December 1st and 2nd of 2006 in Busan, South Korea. A little over a week later, nine of the foreign performers began being arrested, interrogated and in some cases drug tested by the International Crime Division of the Korean police force.